The Cartoon Guide to Chemistry By Gonick Larry Criddle Craig

A leading scientist and an award winning cartoonist team up to provide a complete up to date course in college level chemistry covering the history of the scientific field as well as such topics as physical and organic chemistry biochemistry environmental chemistry physics as chemistry electrochemistry and more A refreshingly humorous but thorough ancillary guide to general chemistry from the author of the bestselling The Cartoon Guide to Physics and The Cartoon Guide to Genetics The Cartoon Guide to Chemistry a collaboration between pre eminent scientist Professor Craig Criddle of Stanford University and cartoonist Larry Gonick is a complete and up to date course in college level chemistry In an engaging and humorous graphic style the book covers both the history and the basics including early ideas and techniques electrochemistry organic chemistry biochemistry environmental chemistry physics as chemistry and much more o Ideal for advanced high school students university students and independent learners o o Larry Gonick s bestselling Cartoon Guide series comprised of eleven books have sold more than a half a million copies and been translated into more than a dozen languages o Teachers researchers and students around the world have embraced Larry Gonick s unique ability to make difficult subjects fun interesting and easy to understand while still relaying the essential information in a clear organized and accurate format In 2003 Larry Gonick won the Harvey Award for the year s best graphic album of original material for The Cartoon History of the Universe III The prestigious award named for Mad pioneer Harvey Kurtzman is considered to be the Oscar of the comic book world If you have ever suspected that heavy water is the title of a bootleg Pink Floyd album believed that surface tension is an anxiety disorder or imagined that a noble gas is the result of a heavy meal at Buckingham Palace then you need The Cartoon Guide to